1.   The quality of drinking water in the US is suffering from a failure by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to enforce legal requirements, according to congressional critics.

2.   Among congressional critics, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., took a similar stance.

3.   And in yet another approach, researchers are seeking FDA approval to test fetal pig implants, hoping to duck congressional critics of using tissue from human fetuses.

4.   Appearing before Congress this week, Rubin had no difficulty making his congressional critics look stupid.

5.   Attorney General John Ashcroft, facing congressional critics of his anti-terrorism efforts Thursday, refused to back down, accusing some detractors of distorting facts to confuse the public.

6.   Babbitt said he hoped it would showRepublican congressional critics that the Endangered Species Act is working to bring back nearly extinct species.

7.   Botched raids at Waco, Texas, and Ruby Ridge, Idaho, killed scores and brought howls from congressional critics.

8.   A leading congressional critic of the United Nations, Helms has promised that he will scrutinize the Justice Department investigation to determine whether prosecutors had treated Holbrooke leniently.

9.   But at least one longtime congressional critic of Clinton wanted to move faster, saying the latest allegations justify an impeachment inquiry.

10.   But Congressional critics say such plans have caused much suffering by delaying or denying care in an effort to save money.